ROME – NBCUniversal International Formats has inked a deal with Discovery Italia which will produce “Top Chef” for its free-to-air channel Deejay TV in a move likely to shake-up Italy’s changing…
Amit Cohen was working as a journalist for the Israeli daily newspaper Ma'aariv when the news broke: a Hamas leader wanted for the deaths of a number of Israelis had been assassinated in Dubai, but…
Thirteen years ago executive producer Mark Gordon made the transition from film to television, bringing series such as "Grey's Anatomy," "Ray Donovan" and "Criminal Minds" to the small screen with…
Turkish soap operas are big business in South America. So is K-pop music. If that's news to you, you're not alone. "If you had told me that three years ago, I'd have probably asked you to send over…
The Ottomans are back, and they're far from alone. Turkey is the honored guest at Mipcom this year, and attendees will be among the first to glimpse the country's most anticipated show, "Magnificent…
LONDON — Variety has been given exclusive access to the first trailer from the two-part TV drama "A Dangerous Fortune," which is based on Ken Follett's best-selling novel. Global Screen will be…
LONDON — Sony Pictures Television has sold Las Vegas-set action thriller “The Player,” which stars Wesley Snipes, to 105 international territories ahead of Mipcom, the TV sales market that starts in…
LONDON — FremantleMedia Intl., the sales arm of the global production giant, has unveiled its slate for Mipcom, the TV sales market that kicks off on Monday. Among the highlights are dark…
LONDON — Sony Pictures Television has made several changes to the regional leadership of its international distribution team ahead of next week's Mipcom TV market in Cannes. The move follows…
MADRID –Madrid-based Plano a Plano, Spain's highest-rating indie TV production house, is teaming with French prodco MakingProd, part of the Makever group, to develop "Salazar," an epic thriller…
MADRID – Announced Thursday as one of the two flagship series at Wild Bunch TV, Wild Bunch's new TV sales-financing division which makes a Mipcom market debut, Cuban crime thriller "Four Seasons in…
